Small Flower with Cold-Call???

Always looking for something to either give me an edge or at least make me stand out against the countless LCO's in my area, I was coinsidering giving my prospective customers a small (maybe 4") potted plant - like a tulip or something that says "spring". It'll cost be about $2.00 each and I'l limit it to the best 100 potentials.

If you try it let me know how it works out. What if you handed them out with a flier tied to the bulb...that's not a bad idea and they'd most likely read the flier opposed to what I DO with fliers that I get at home.

I kinda like the idea...I'll give you props for being original. I'd say run with it...an extra two hundred bucks for the advertisment doesn't seem like a big expense, especially if it helps you land just one account.

This has got to be the best 2.00 investment to get your foot in the door with people. A 4" tulip or hyacinth etc. to "Welcome them to spring" and all of a sudden you're the guy that stands out from every other grass cutter / landscaper that they've had knowck on their door.

It's buys you a chance to actually speak casually to them and they aren't just wating for you to stop your shpeal. A flyer with this and you'll be turning them away.

I focused on about a hundred - 2 acre estates. Got the plants (hyacinth, crocus, tulip etc.) at wholesale price of just over a dollar. They were just coming in to bloom so they looked like a million bucks when I knowcked on the door. Even if nobody was home, they started calling that night and every single one referenced the plant and how "nice" it was.

Basicall it got me in the door and gave me an edge over every guy that does the same thing and who's prices are about the same. It's more of beginning a relationship with the client rather than just playing a numbers game and putting a few thousand flyers in a mail drop. This way, there are a number in the same area and as a result, I can keep my travel costs down.

I understand what you mean, but have you tried to get them to sign up for services, or simply using them as a "get to know you"? It is a great idea for that, just wondering what percentage of them are actually signing up for services.